Shreveport man booked in deadly Friday night shooting

10:05 PM,
Apr. 12, 2014

Derrick J.Thomas

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Staff Reports

A local man is behind bars this evening in connection a shooting that claimed the life of a man in west Shreveport last night.

Derrick J. Thomas, of the 3200 block of Mackey Lane, surrendered himself to Shreveport Police Violent Crimes Investigators around 7 Saturday evening, shortly after investigators procured a warrant for his arrest.

Investigators learned that the two men had been involved in an earlier dispute that possibly led to the shooting. It is unknown at this time ...